Pike & Shot Caracole II

[moncholee]

My ottomans were victorious against Hrotghar´s Imperials.

I was able to roll up the enemy flanks and break enough units as to avoid having to fight the tercios.

Thank you Hrotghar for the game.

[flatsix518]

Results posted to here.

87% of Phase 1 games completed.

John

[flatsix518]

All,

I've done an analysis on current standings and I think I can guarantee most berths. Here goes:

batesmotel - could be Pod A or Pod B
flatsix518 - guaranteed Pod B
guillaume - guaranteed Pod B
Hutze - guaranteed Pod C
kmaher - could be Pod B or Pod C
pantherboy - guaranteed Pod A
susji - guaranteed Pod C
Triarius - guaranteed Pod C (if he comes back to life)
Aryaman - guaranteed Pod A
cavehobbit - guaranteed Pod A
deadtorius - guaranteed Pod C
egos - could be Pod B or Pod C
Hrothgar - guaranteed Pod C
moncholee - could be Pod A or Pod B
rumguff - guaranteed Pod B
Vadim84 - guaranteed Pod B
rbodleyscott - guaranteed Pod A
Dortmund - guaranteed Pod A
Tiopepe - guaranteed Pod A
Thegraymouser - guaranteed Pod B
ggarynorman - guaranteed Pod C
iandavidsmith - guaranteed Pod C
shawkhan2 - guaranteed Pod B
Ulysisgrunt - guaranteed Pod C

[TheGrayMouser]

TGM royalists won vs ggarynorman's NMA

The royalist musketeers hunkered down in rough and beat back the determined NMA assaults
Cheers!

[flatsix518]

Results posted to here.

88% of Phase 1 games completed.

I also updated the guaranteed pod assignments up above.

John

[flatsix518]

All,

It is time to wrap up all the games you can.

Sometime on April 1 (Texas time on Wednesday) I'm going to post a notice that all game results for Phase 1 are closed and I won't accept any more result postings.

At that point, I will finish pod assignments and open Phase 2 play.

Best regards,

John

[shawkhan2]

I have the Honour to report that I have finally finished my last game for this round, winning a hard-fought victory over GGaryNorman's Royalists64% v. my Parliamentarians 33%.

It appears that my small flanking force hidden in the woods was able to overwhelm the Royalist right flank and allow flanking/rear attacks which decided the battle.

Personally, I find it hard to fathom why the Royalist player on a relatively open battlefield would not use more of their vaunted cavaliers(aka, horseymen).
But, nevertheless, I am thankful it is so.

Hopefully, my score of seven should allow me entry to pod B, though since seeing the 'Invasion of the Bodysnatchers' I am somewhat leery of any type of pod.

[flatsix518]

Results posted to here.

88% of Phase 1 games completed.

I also updated the guaranteed pod assignments up above.

John

[shawkhan2]

Hey now.
Perhaps i do not understand your scoring paradigm, but why, when I am in the top ten for scores, guaranteed for pod c rather than pod B?


I personally prefer a pod where I can play at my utmost level of frustration.

[flatsix518]

shawkhan2,

Ooops. That was a typo.

You're in Pod B.

I will now go and beat my secretary senseless.



John

[batesmotel]

batemotel (New Model Army) 19% beat kmaher (Royalist) 48%

The Royalist infantry collpased faster than the Parliamentary cavalry which fought heroically to protect the flanks. Thanks for the game.

Chris

[flatsix518]

Results posted to here.

89% of Phase 1 games completed.

I've spotted a couple of situations that might shift "guaranteed berths" when I finally calculate scores on Tuesday. I needed a better algorithm to calculate guarantees. But for the most part they are correct...

John

[Tiopepe]

Result Pod 3:

Tiopepe (Catholic) 33% won TheGrayMouser (Ottoman) 58%

Good game GrayMouser!. I tried to force your musketeers to get out of woods where they were more vulnerable to my Tercios in close combat.

[iandavidsmith]

Result Pod 3

Iandvaidsmith ( Transylvanian ) 43% won
vrs
Thegreymouser (Catholic) 67% loss

A bloody battle with not much left of either army.

Thanks
Ian

[TheGrayMouser]

TGM Scots won vs Iandavidsmiths Parliamentarians

That concludes all my match ups for this round. Thanks for the games y'all


Flatsix, will the expansion module be used for the next round?

[flatsix518]

"Flatsix, will the expansion module be used for the next round?"

Hmmm. Hadn't thought about that. Probably will allow it. Let me take a look.

John

[iandavidsmith]

Result Pod 3

Iandvaidsmith ( Scots Covenanters ) 44% won
vrs
Ulysisgrunt (Parlamentarian) 69% loss

The Scots infantry won the day.

Thanks for the games.
Ian

[iandavidsmith]

Result Pod 3

Iandvaidsmith (Royalists ) 20% won
vrs
ggarynorman (Parlamentarian) 53% loss

Thats my last game.

Thanks for the games.
Ian

[batesmotel]

Pod 1
batesmotel (TYW Catholic) 39% beat kmaher (TYW Protestant) 61%

The Catholic horse defeated most of the Protestant horse while the Protestant foot did heavy damage to the Catholic foot. The end game was several turns of damaged Catholic horse and foot trying to avoid being shot to breaking while looking for isolated Protetant troops to pick off to take the Protestants over 60%. Thanks for a great game.

Chris

[rbodleyscott]

"Flatsix, will the expansion module be used for the next round?"

Hmmm. Hadn't thought about that. Probably will allow it. Let me take a look.

John

A couple of notes re the forthcoming update that comes out at the same time as the expansion:

1) When the update goes live it will no longer be necessary to select Very Wide maps, as Medium Width maps will have width currently specified as Very Wide.
2) The map selection allows Agricultural, Hilly, Wooded and Mountains options. John will need to decide whether any of these are permitted in Challenges.